A Study Related To Mental Health of Teachers With Reference To Level of Teaching and Teaching Experience

The Present study is focussed on the mental health of teachers in relation to level of teaching and teaching experience .The mental health scale has been administered to 640 teachers working in different schools in Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu, India. This study uses 'F' test and reveals that the level of teaching and teaching experience do not significantly differ in their mental health. I. Introduction Education is a comprehensive and synthetic process, which helps in the development of the body, the nourishment of the mind, the sublimation of the emotions and regeneration of the spirit and its fulfilment lies in the unfolding of an integrated personality. Teaching is often said to be the noblest profession among all the professions so the teachers should realize that the work they are doing is the noblest and that they need not be apologestic or feel guilty ,instead have pride and confidence in their worth and work. Tagore rightly said that "only lighted lamp can lighten another" which means that only an enlightened teacher who remains ever alive and struggling in the pursuit of knowledge, could enlighten his pupil and could enthuse them for more learning. One of the important qualities in the educator is that he knows his subject thoroughly well and is to keep in touch with his subject to remain up-to-date. A good teacher is required to have an attitude of love and sympathy for children. The ideal character of teacher leaves an ever lasting impression on the minds of his pupil. It is the teacher who can create a national perspective for understanding social and economic difference in the nation. The teacher should be a model to his own image in the minds of his students. The present study seeks to throw light on the mental health of teachers. The objective of the study is to find out the mental health of teachers. The hypothesis of the research is that the mental health of teachers is high. The mental health of teachers belonging to different subsample is high. There is a significant difference in the mental health of teachers with respect to different sub-sample such as 1.Teachers working at different levels of teaching 2.Teachers belonging to different years of teaching experience. The normative survey method is used. The present study is aimed at finding out the effect of the independent variables namely Level of teaching, Teaching experience. The following tools have been used for collecting data.1.Mental health Inventory standardized by Peter Becker(1989).Mental health inventory has been administered to a stratified random sample of 640 teachers working at different levels in various educational institutions in Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu, India. The study is confined only to the teachers working in Cuddalore, district of Tamil Nadu.